USD 5 Million from GBFF for Biodiversity in Tanzania

TLDR

• By 2025 that programme had committed over USD 13 million in grants from GEF and non-GEF partners, supporting more than 440 projects across priority landscapes and seascapes in the country.
• Tanzania is set to benefit from approximately USD 41 million through various Global Environment Facility (GEF) funding windows to strengthen biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration and climate change resilience.
• Richard Muyungi, and the GEF Biodiversity Coordinator for Africa, Jurgis Sapijanskas, held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 7 August 2026 on the sidelines of the SBSTTA-28 and SBI-7 meetings.
• An additional USD 5 million is available through the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) to advance the implementation of national biodiversity priorities.
• Tanzania has also offered to host a regional GEF meeting expected to take place between September and October 2026.